Walsey Hills NOA
Torrential rain on route to Cley this morning. Arrived at Walsey Hills just before 8am. Nothing to get the heart racing, but a good mix: 1 Bullfinch sitting prettily in the blackthorn blossom, Cettis's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs singing, 2 Marsh Harriers, 8 Shelduck, 15 Curlew, 2 Greylag Geese, several robins, greenfinches, goldfinches, chaffinches, blue and great tits, 2 long tailed tits and a few hedge sparrows.
Coastguards – Only stopped here briefly – not much seen.
Cley NWT Visitor Centre – 3 Spoonbills on Pat's Pool (10.30am) and a scrumptious, hot cheese scone with butter – long overdue!
Gramborough Hill – Meadow Pipits and a few hedge sparrows.
Little Eye – 2 Wheatears, 6 linnets, 2 ringed plovers and 20 turnstones.
Cley NWT Visitor Centre – Lunch here, which was a massive mistake – packed full of people like sardines!
Kelling Water Meadows
1 song thrush, 3 pied wagtails, goldinches, robin, 1 egyptian goose, 2 shelduck, black-headed and common gulls, teal, tons of woodpigeons, 2 snipe, 1 little egret, skylark singing, lapwing, oystercatchers, magpie and 1 hare lolloping across the daisies amongst the cows and skipping calves. Eddie kindly phoned me to say there was a Red Kite over Arnold's Marsh going west at 2.25pm – I could just about make it out from the shingle bank. My first Sand Martins of the year, two of them over the pool at 2.50pm. I spent a long time here trying to conjure up a yellow wagtail, but failed.
Kelling Tearooms and bookshop – very scrummy coffee cake £1.50 to take away – bargain!
Walsey Hills NOA – 2 Spoonbills not far from the road, just before the carpark in the now glorious sunshine! Walked around Walsey again. Found a bee-fly on the alexander at the end of the bottom path and an unidentifiable caterpillar (took pic). Blackcap singing along with a chiffchaff and a pair of bullfinches. I sat on the seat at the top of the steps and attempted to snooze in the sunshine.
Daukes Hide - NWT
A beautiful, sunny evening. 3 Spoonbills – wonderful views of these flying across Pat's Pool. Good selection of birds including: Pintail, avocets, wigeon, pochard, gadwall, mallard, teal, shoveler, shelduck, black headed gulls, herring gulls, Med gull (heard only), several marsh harriers, little egrets, redshanks, black-tailed godwits, cetti's warbler, pied wagtails etc. Left here at 8pm!
PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE ADDED
Torrential rain on route to Cley this morning. Arrived at Walsey Hills just before 8am. Nothing to get the heart racing, but a good mix: 1 Bullfinch sitting prettily in the blackthorn blossom, Cettis's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaffs singing, 2 Marsh Harriers, 8 Shelduck, 15 Curlew, 2 Greylag Geese, several robins, greenfinches, goldfinches, chaffinches, blue and great tits, 2 long tailed tits and a few hedge sparrows.
Coastguards – Only stopped here briefly – not much seen.
Cley NWT Visitor Centre – 3 Spoonbills on Pat's Pool (10.30am) and a scrumptious, hot cheese scone with butter – long overdue!
Gramborough Hill – Meadow Pipits and a few hedge sparrows.
Little Eye – 2 Wheatears, 6 linnets, 2 ringed plovers and 20 turnstones.
Cley NWT Visitor Centre – Lunch here, which was a massive mistake – packed full of people like sardines!
Kelling Water Meadows
1 song thrush, 3 pied wagtails, goldinches, robin, 1 egyptian goose, 2 shelduck, black-headed and common gulls, teal, tons of woodpigeons, 2 snipe, 1 little egret, skylark singing, lapwing, oystercatchers, magpie and 1 hare lolloping across the daisies amongst the cows and skipping calves. Eddie kindly phoned me to say there was a Red Kite over Arnold's Marsh going west at 2.25pm – I could just about make it out from the shingle bank. My first Sand Martins of the year, two of them over the pool at 2.50pm. I spent a long time here trying to conjure up a yellow wagtail, but failed.
Kelling Tearooms and bookshop – very scrummy coffee cake £1.50 to take away – bargain!
Walsey Hills NOA – 2 Spoonbills not far from the road, just before the carpark in the now glorious sunshine! Walked around Walsey again. Found a bee-fly on the alexander at the end of the bottom path and an unidentifiable caterpillar (took pic). Blackcap singing along with a chiffchaff and a pair of bullfinches. I sat on the seat at the top of the steps and attempted to snooze in the sunshine.
Daukes Hide - NWT
A beautiful, sunny evening. 3 Spoonbills – wonderful views of these flying across Pat's Pool. Good selection of birds including: Pintail, avocets, wigeon, pochard, gadwall, mallard, teal, shoveler, shelduck, black headed gulls, herring gulls, Med gull (heard only), several marsh harriers, little egrets, redshanks, black-tailed godwits, cetti's warbler, pied wagtails etc. Left here at 8pm!
PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE ADDED
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